CURRICULUM VITAE. Michael Mwenda Kithinji University of Central Arkansas History Department Irby Hall Donaghey Avenue Conway, AR 72035

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Michael Mwenda Kithinji University of Central Arkansas History Department Irby Hall Donaghey Avenue Conway, AR Phone: EDUCATION Ph.D., History, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 2009 Dissertation: From Colonial Elitism to Moi s Populism: The Policies and Politics of University Education in Kenya, Dissertation Awards: The Ohio Academy of History (OAH) 2011 Outstanding Dissertation Award Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Graduate College s Distinguished Dissertation Award for BGSU History Department s Friedman Dissertation Award for Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Fields: Major Field: African History and Culture Minor Field: African American History Minor Field: Modern Europe M.A., History, Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota, 2005 Thesis: A System for Control: Colonial and Apartheid education in South Africa, B.A., History and Education, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2000 POSITIONS Interim Director, African and African American Studies Program, University of Central Arkansas, August 2014 present Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Central Arkansas, August 2013-present Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, August 2008-August

2 Instructor, Department of History, Bowling Green State University, January 2007-August 2008 Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of History, Bowling Green State University, August 2005-December Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Saint Cloud State University, January April TEACHING Courses Taught Pan-Africanism and the Liberation Struggle Africa 1500 to Present Pre-Colonial African History Colonial African History Contemporary Africa African Cultures and Societies Methods of Historical Research History Senior Research Seminar (capstone class) Civilizations of the World to 1500 Civilizations of the World since 1500 Introduction to African and African American Studies (Africana Studies) TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Africa History and Culture African American History History of the Atlantic World European History Education and Intellectual History Diplomatic History Environmental and Ethno History Regional Integration in Africa and Europe American History World History Articles in refereed journals, book chapters and Encyclopedia entries Michael M. Kithinji, Nancy Patterson and Ashley Lucas, Higher Order Thinking in Planning Social Studies Lessons: An Examination of Teachers' Uses of Source Documents, Social Studies Research and Practice Journal 7, no. 2 (Winter 2012):

3 Michael M. Kithinji, An Imperial Enterprise: The Making and Breaking of the University of East Africa, , Canadian Journal of African Studies 46, no. 2 (August 2012): Michael M. Kithinji, A Tug of War: Moi versus the World Bank and the Transformation of University Education in Kenya, OFO: Journal of Transatlantic Studies 1, no. 1 (2011): Michael M. Kithinji, Apartheid South Africa in (Re)tracing African Societies, History, and Cultures: A Multi-disciplinary Study of Africa ed. Ogechi Anyanwu and Salome Nnoromele (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2012). Michael M. Kithinji, Koinange wa Mbiyu, In Oxford Dictionary of African Michael M. Kithinji, Olonana Ole Mbatian, In Oxford Dictionary of African Michael M. Kithinji, Peter Mbiyu Koinange, In Oxford Dictionary of African Peer-review activities/journal Reviewer: The African Studies Review The Interdisciplinary Humanities The Journal of Retracing Africa (JORA). The Kenya Studies Review Journal The African Journal of Teacher Education (AJOTE) Presentations in Academic Conferences/Colloquiums/Invited Lectures 2014: Jomo Kenyatta and the Puzzle of Pan-Africanism, Nationalism, and Ethnic Nationalism, , Paper to be presented at the 14th Annual Africa Conference at The University of Texas, Austin, April 3-6, : Colonialism, Neoliberalism, and the Debasement of Liberal Education in Africa: the Case of Kenya, Paper presented at the International Society for Intellectual History (ISIH) held at Princeton University, June 5-7, : Liberal Education and Reforming University Curriculum in Kenya, Paper to be presented at the 5th KESSA Annual Conference to held at Bowling State University, September 7-8,

4 2011: Historical Lessons: Systemic Crisis and Reforming Kenya s University System, Paper to be presented at the 4 th KESSA Annual Conference held at Bowling State University, September 16-17, : State and Non-State Actors in the fight against HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa, Paper presented at the meeting of the Zonta Club of Fort Smith, October 18, : Expansionism, Marketization, and the Transformation of University Education in Kenya, Paper presented at the 3rd KESSA Annual Conference held at Bowling State University, Ohio, September : The Trans-Atlantic Currents: Africans and African Americans in Perspective, Paper presented at the Annual Arkansas Black Students Association meeting held at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith on November 7, : "Inter-territoriality and the University of East Africa, , Paper presented at the 51st Annual Missouri Conference on History, held at Missouri State University, April 15-17, : Kenya and the Shaping of Colonial University Education Policy in East Africa, Paper to be presented at the forthcoming 10th Annual Africana Studies Student Research Colloquium, Bowling Green State University, March 16, : Regional Autonomy versus Cooperation: the Colonial University Education Policy in East Africa, Paper to presented at the Ohio Academy of History Conference, held at Otterbein College, Ohio, April : Equity and National Unity in the Historical Evolution of Public Education in Kenya, , Paper Presented at the James A. Barnes Club Conference, held at Temple University, Philadelphia, April 1, : The Education Subordination of Africans in the British Colonial and Early Afrikaner Rules in South Africa, , Paper Presented at the HGSA Paul Lucas Conference in History, at Indiana University, March 25, : Africana Nationalism and Education Discrimination in pre-apartheid South Africa, , Paper Presented at the 9th Annual Africana Studies Student Research Colloquium, held at Bowling Green State University, March 17, Works in Progress Books: The State and the University Experience in Kenya: Trends, Tension, and Transformation, (Forthcoming). 4

5 Kenya at Fifty: Milestones, Challenges, and Prospects (lead editor) Jomo Kenyatta: The Paradox of Pan-Africanism, Nationalism and Ethnic Nationalism PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS Member America Historical Association (AHA) Member International Society for Intellectual History (ISIH) Member African Studies Association, USA (ASA) Member Kenya Scholars and Studies Association (KESSA) Arkansas Association of College History Teachers (AACHT) Member Africana Culture and Policy Studies Institute (ACPSI) Member Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society 5